Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov

Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton ChekhovRichard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, the highly acclaimed translators of War and Peace, Doctor Zhivago, and Anna Karenina, which was an Oprah Book Club pick and million copy bestseller, bring their unmatched talents to The Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov, a collection of thirty of Chekhovs best tales from the major periods of his creative life. Considered by many the greatest short story writer, Anton Chekhov changed the genre itself with his

the force of the cascade was so great that the earth would have been destroyed if it had not been for the god Shiva

And more than just a way of relating

The driver is none other than Addie's ex

Matthieu Ricard demonstrated that true happiness is not tied to fleeting moments or sensations

written in the troubled decade ending with the establishment of Augustus' regime

The idea that “thoughts become things” has become a meme in popular culture

Anna Petrescu is missing

declaring her a long-lost Silver princess

Padosan-could make you laugh hard

and who will get off alive at the last station

while harsh reality was kept firmly at a distance

and why the Earth’s atmosphere is set to become the world’s next battleground